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16 years ago @ The 'Ropolitans - Is Jeff Wilpon the rea... · 0 replies · +1 points

If I were either guy I wouldn't want to take credit for the current team architecture. They need a solid vision based on baseball principles, and all they seem to be doing is trying random desparate things to sell seats in the short term. If Wilpon has any intention of being the owner for the long haul, he has to realize that his vision for the team (or lack thereof) comes out in the big picture. Better to suffer for a few seasons with dignity (and farm system intact) than to look foolish trying to turn everything around with one big signing. There's more than one way to sell tickets; after all, the Cubs sold 3 million this season too.

16 years ago @ The 'Ropolitans - Omar’s follies · 0 replies · +1 points

Omar works intuitively, without much personal organization. This style may have served him well in his years with the Expos organization, where things were relatively quiet, but it has fallen apart in New York. He has outlasted his usefulness here, and it is now time to move on to a more business-oriented, dare I say Cashman-style, GM.

It is time for John Ricco.

Omar should have a nice warchest of money saved up. He will do exceptionally well in a small underdeveloped market, just as long as he doesn't set his sights on the big time again.

17 years ago @ The 'Ropolitans :... - K-Rod says what he nee... · 1 reply · +1 points

The Mets need to hire a coach that instructs these guys on how to talk to the press. Every year it seems, somebody in a Mets uniform feels the need to beat his chest whenever a reporter puts the challenge before him. These are quotes that fire up teams like the Phillies, Braves and Marlins, no matter how factual they seem at the time. Our guys need to learn not to grab the bait every winter.

17 years ago @ The 'Ropolitans :... - The rotation, if the s... · 1 reply · +1 points

This is a very respectable rotation, if only the fifth spot is up in the air. And none of these spots is Pedro!

17 years ago @ The 'Ropolitans :... - Pudge-y · 0 replies · +1 points

Latest news is that the Mets are not interested in Pudge. It looks like he has started the rumor to generate interest. Appears to me that Omar's intelligence on this one is good.

17 years ago @ The 'Ropolitans :... - So long, Smoltzy · 1 reply · +1 points

Just remember all these bright highlights when things start to get tough in mid-season.

17 years ago @ The 'Ropolitans :... - This is just stupid · 0 replies · +1 points

They are definitely guilty of lame humor. No need to think it's funny. This is some troupe trying to launch a comedy career off of YOUTUBE, folks. It's not going to be SNL quality, if that's even a standard anymore. It's not even MADTV, or even The Whitest Kids U Know. It's probably someone with access to a broadcast school studio and a camera.

It's bad form to take offense at it, especially if you would laugh if it were centered around a different team. What are we, a bunch of thin-skinned wimps who even care what other people think? I still say it's a commentary on call-in fans in general, just using the end of the Shea era as a springboard.

Defend the team, yes, and care about the season. But we have to be able to take a few jabs, even if they are amateurish. We are holding ourselves out to be contenders, and that makes a big target that we have to deal with.

17 years ago @ The 'Ropolitans :... - This is just stupid · 3 replies · +1 points

You gotta be able to take a joke, people. This is obviously meant as satire, even if it was clumsily done. Even the jock had good Shea memories. It was just a skit about stupid callers. If it was pro-Yank they wouldn't have had the self-centered Yank fan call in.

Loosen up a little, you have all been under too much pressure lately.

17 years ago @ The 'Ropolitans :... - Down and out · 0 replies · +1 points

I'd have to agree with you there.

17 years ago @ The 'Ropolitans :... - Citi Field photo -- Op... · 0 replies · +1 points

Either way, they're probably going to need a new name next year.

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